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Table 1 Description of vaginal lactobacilli as determined by culture- and PCR-based identification

From: Lactobacillusspecies isolated from vaginal secretions of healthy and bacterial vaginosis-intermediate Mexican women: a prospective study

Isolate

Age of participant n = 21

Lactobacillusgroup

Genetic ID

Nugent score

Co-infecting microorganism (s)

Clinical isolates with Lactobacillus group n = 25

003-051-PCP-a†

32

acidophilus

L. gasseri

N

 

003-051-PCP-b

 

L. gasseri

N

 

003-056-PAG-a‡

22

L. gasseri

N

Uu

003-056-PAG-b

 

L. gasseri

N

Uu

003-020-JPG†

26

L. gasseri

N

 

003-022-KCA-a‡

23

L. gasseri

I

Uu + Ca

003-009-YTG†

27

L. gasseri

N

 

003-028-SGT‡

48

L. jensenii

N

Uu

003-006-MAH†

22

L. jensenii

N

 

003-022-KCA-b

 

L. jensenii

I

Uu + Ca

003-069-MFA-a†

20

L. jensenii

N

 

003-052-LSC-a†

23

L. crispatus

N

 

003-047-CMM†

36

L. crispatus

N

 

003-015-PBS†

22

L. crispatus

N

 

003-021-BVM-a‡

21

reuteri

L. fermentum

N

Uu

003-021-BVM-b

 

L. fermentum

N

Uu

003-069-MFA-b

 

L. fermentum

N

 

003-069-MFA-c

 

L. fermentum

N

 

003-017-LHH†

50

L. fermentum

N

 

003-043-BNT‡

26

L. fermentum

N

Gv

001-JMB211‡

38

casei

L. rhamnosus

N

Ca

001-SMT40-a†¥

49

L. rhamnosus

N

 

001-SMT40-b¥

 

L. rhamnosus

N

 

001-SMT40-c

 

L. rhamnosus

N

 

003-052-LSC-b

 

buchneri

L. brevis

N

 

Strains without Lactobacillus group, n = 6

003-025-COM†

38

 

L sp.

N

 

003-002-PBT-a‡

25

 

E. faecalis*

I

Uu + Ct

003-002-PBT-b

  

E. faecalis*

I

Uu + Ct

003-036-MSH†

49

 

E. faecalis*

ND

 

003-029-MNG‡

45

 

E. faecalis*

N

Uu

003-013-AMD‡

28

 

E. faecalis*

N

Uu

Reference strains, n = 3

L. brevis 95b

NA

buchneri

L. brevis

NA

NA

L. brevis 95a

NA

 

L. brevis

NA

NA

L. acidophilus ENCB

 

acidophilus

L. jensenii

NA

NA

  1. Normal = 0–3 (N), intermediate = 4–6 (I), Ct = Chlamydia trachomatis, Uu = Ureaplasma urealyticum, Gv = Gardnerella vaginalis, Ca = Candida spp., NA = not applicable, ND not determined. *presumptive identification. healthy, unhealthy. ¥001-SMT40-a and 001-SMT-b are clones. 001-SMT40, 003-017-LHH and 003-036-MSH samples were from postmenopausal women.